A conversation between me and Tyler:
“Hey, Mom! What did one duck say to the other?”
“I don’t know! What did one duck say to the other?”
“You quack me up!”
“Hey! That’s pretty cute!”
(With barely a moment between…)
“Mom! What did one duck say to the other?”
“Again? What this time?”
“You quack me up!”
“Heh heh heh. Seems I’ve heard that one before. Still cute.”
“What did one duck say to the other?”
“Dare I ask?”
“You quack me up!”
“Tyler, the thing about jokes is, they’re really only funny the first time you hear them. After that, they get old. Can you think of any new ones?”
(After a thoughtful moment…)
“Hey, Mom! What did one penguin say to the other?”
“What?”
“You quack me up!”
“But penguins don’t quack. So now it just doesn’t make any sense.”
“But…get it? The penguins were pretending to be ducks!”
Here’s to the next generation of God-awful jokes.